RE: Whole disk encryption

2006-09-05 Thread Seren Thompson
: focus-ms@securityfocus.com Subject: Re: Whole disk encryption On 8/25/06, Saqib Ali [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: guys guys guys. file level encryption and full disc encryption are two different beasts. Full Disc Encryption are complicated solutions, and require thorough analysis before selecting

RE: Whole disk encryption

2006-09-05 Thread Galin, Matt (THIP, Corp)
- From: matthew patton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:23 AM To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com Subject: Re: Whole disk encryption I am not arguing against whole-disk, but why would you hand a user a computer/laptop that allows them to write ANYWHERE but in one

Re: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-30 Thread matthew patton
I am not arguing against whole-disk, but why would you hand a user a computer/laptop that allows them to write ANYWHERE but in one directory, their homedir? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around

Re: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-30 Thread Kurt Buff
On 8/30/06, Saqib Ali [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone thought about using something like Truecrypt to lock down a VM image and only use the VM to do sensitive work? If anyone has, does this work well? Technologically this sounds good. However how are you going to force your users to do

Re: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-30 Thread Saqib Ali
Has anyone thought about using something like Truecrypt to lock down a VM image and only use the VM to do sensitive work? If anyone has, does this work well? Technologically this sounds good. However how are you going to force your users to do all their sensitive work frm the vm session? One

Re: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-30 Thread Kurt Buff
On 8/25/06, Saqib Ali [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: guys guys guys. file level encryption and full disc encryption are two different beasts. Full Disc Encryption are complicated solutions, and require thorough analysis before selecting a product. snip good stuff - thanks!/ Has anyone thought

RE: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-28 Thread Maloney, Michael
Message- From: Erik Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:07 PM To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com Subject: RE: Whole disk encryption -Original Message- From: Sarah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:48 AM To: focus-ms

Re: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-28 Thread Sarah
Thanks everyone for your responses! I agree with the virtual partition instead of whole-disk. It is my understanding that in the virtual partition, the files will remain encrypted until you open them, thus also protecting them from the network. Whole-disk will decrypt everything after you

RE: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-28 Thread Mason, Samuel
-Original Message- From: Erik Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:07 PM To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com Subject: RE: Whole disk encryption -Original Message- From: Sarah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:48 AM

RE: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-28 Thread Jeffrey Wei
-Original Message- From: Erik Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:07 AM To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com Subject: RE: Whole disk encryption -Original Message- From: Sarah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:48 AM To: focus

RE: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-28 Thread Bean, John (DSHS)
Ours are kept in a safe in the CIO's office and only let out when needed. They are very closely managed. -Original Message- From: Jeffrey Wei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 9:50 AM To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com Subject: RE: Whole disk encryption To chime

Re: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-28 Thread chuck
and other info from it. My 2 cents - Do the whole disk. BlackBerry service provided by Nextel -Original Message- From: Brad Judy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:24:30 To:focus-ms@securityfocus.com Subject: RE: Whole disk encryption Why? You only need to protect

RE: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-25 Thread Silva, Michael
-ms@securityfocus.com Subject: Re: Whole disk encryption Unfortunately with more and more states passing regulations mandating notification processes in the event of electornic Information breach; it seems that disk encryption in an enterprise environment will soon be the norm rather than

Re: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-25 Thread Nathaniel Hall
Erik Anderson wrote: What is the consensus of the group on the use of whole disk encryption in an enterprise environment? Why? You only need to protect the data not the whole OS. It causes too many problems. I don't recommend creating a headache for yourself when you only need to protect

RE: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-24 Thread Michael Mooney
That is something that has been proposed for laptops within the Federeal sector. Beleive it is a good idea for mobile laptop users in any sector as well. Data is much more valuable than systems, and there continues to be a need to protect the data whethere it is in a mobile laptop or even a PDA

RE: Whole disk encryption

2006-08-24 Thread Erik Anderson
-Original Message- From: Sarah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:48 AM To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com Subject: Whole disk encryption What is the consensus of the group on the use of whole disk encryption in an enterprise environment? Why? You only